Clothes-wringer.



C. B. LEBCHER.

CLOTHES WRINGBR.

APPLIoATloN Hmm Jrmnz, 1914.

1 1 08,589, Patented Aug. 25, 1914.

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'UMTED 'STAT-Es PATENT onirica.

CHESTER B. LEBCHER, OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.

CLOTHES-waitress.

To all fte/,tom it may concern 'Be' it known that l,"`Ci-Ins'rnn B. LEBGHER, a citizenmof the United States, residing at Long Beach, Lin the vcounty :of 'Los ngeles and'State' of California', have invented certain :new and "use'tul Ilnprovements in Clothes-YVringer s, ot which the following is a specication My inyention relates to improvements in clothes wringe'is hax'iing'adjustable yielding means for nioving the rolls included therein toward each( other.' `i y An i'mporta'nt object' of the invention is to provide apparatus of' the above mentioned character,"A which' is I simplel in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, formed of few and simple partsMwhich are arranged in a compact manner, and (convenient in use.'

Other objects aiidl'advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

Inl the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specication' and 'in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts tl'irougl'iout"tlie'lsame, Figur'e'l is a side elevation of apparatus embodying my invention, F ig. 2 is an edge elevation ot the same, Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1, Fig. l is a fraginentary edge elevation of the frame, with certain elements removed or the sake of clearness, and Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 10 designates vertical standards of a frame, rigidly connected near their lower ends by a transverse strip 11. The standards 10 are provided in their upper portions with longitudinally extending openings 11, provided upon their side walls with grooves 12, as shown in Fig. 5. The upper ends of the standards 10 are rigidly connected by a horizontal transverse bar 12 extending into the upper ends of the longitudinal openings 11.

` Transverse bolts 13 pass through the upper ends of the standards 10 and through the ends of the bar 12, and also through inverted U-shaped brackets 14. Longitudinally movably mounted within the openings 11 are upper and lower bearing blocks 15 and 16. Each of these bearing blocks, as more clearly shown in Fig. 5, are provided Specification of Letters Patent.

rammed Aug. 25, 1914.

Application filed June 2, 1914. i Serial No. 842,419.

provided with right and left hand screw-4 threads, receiving longitudinally movable blocks or members 20, having right and left hand screw-threaded openings, as is obvious'. The blocks 20 are prevented from turning upon'their longitudinal axes by a guide-rod 21, the ends of which pass through apertures in the lower ends of the upper bearing blocks 15. These bearing blocks may be vertically moved or adjusted by bolts'22, having screw-threaded' engagement with the ends oit the bar 12 with their llowerv ends swiveled to the' upper' endjof the blocks 15, by any well known or 'preferred ineans. These adjusting bolts 22'have heads 23,1v prvided with transverse apertures to receive e.' t'ool (not shown), for turning them. Vertically movably mounted within the openings 11 is a presser bar or member 24;, which is straddled by U-shaped brackets or members 25, the same being pivoted thereto by bolts 26. The U-shaped brackets 25 are provided with axially extending openings 27, to receive longitudinally movable bars 2S, the lower ends of these bars. being provided with elongated slots 27, to receive bolts 26. The upper ends of the bars 2S are provided with U-shaped heads 29, which are forked to straddle the blocks 20 and are pivoted thereto by means of transverse bolts 30. Surrounding the bars 28 are suitably stif compressible coil springs 31, which engage the heads or brackets 25 and 29, as shown. It is thus seen that longitudinally extensible members are provided to connect the blocks 2O and presser bar 0r member 24e, the same having yielding or spring means to retain them distended.

Suitably journaled through the lower portions or' the vertically adjustable bearings 16 is a transverse rotatable shaft 32, upon which is rigidly mounted an upper roll 33. r1`he bearings 16 extend upwardly above the roll 33 for a substantial distance, to be engaged by the depressing member 24E. The depressing member 24 is shown in its elevated position out of engagement with the bearings 1G.

The numeral 34 designates a lower transverse rotatable shaft, upon which is rigidlyV crank 37 orthe like.

l'n the operation of the apparatus, the upper roll will be moved toward or away from the lower roll to increase or decrease pressure that the same will exert upon the clothes passing therebetweenv by rotating the hand wheel 18. The springs 3l serve to yieldingly hold the upper roll in place, but allowing the same to move upwardly in case of an obstruction passing between the rolls, such as a button. The rolls are rotated by the lcrank 37, such rollsv being pivotally geared together.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be Ataken as a preferred example of the same, and that Various changes in the shape, size,` and arrangement of parts vmay be re The lower shaft 34 is rotated by means of a sorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the sub` joined claim. n

y Having thus described the invention, olaim:- y

ln a clothes wringer of the character described, a frame, an operating shaft conncote'd therewith and provided withv right and left screw-threads, means to rotate the operz'tting shaft, blocks having screwthreaded openings to receive the screwthreaded portions of the operating shaft, a movable depressing member, longitudinally extensible members pivotally connected with the blocks and with the depressing member, means to prevent the blocks from turning upon their longitudinal axes, coil springs einrounding the longitudinally extensible members to normally maintainthe same eX- tended, vertically movable bearings slidably engaging the frame and adapted to be engaged by the depressing member, an upper roll carried by the bearings, a lower roll. arranged within the frame to cooperate with the upper roll, and means to drive the shaft.

In testimony whereof l afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHESTER B. LEBCHER.

itnesses:

CHAs. F. KELLY, BEN T. SMITH.

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Washington, D. C. 

